Breakthrough At Stonehenge Dig
Rebecca Morelle of BBC News reports:
Archaeologists carrying out an excavation at Stonehenge say they have broken through to a layer that may finally explain why the site was built.
The team has reached sockets that once held bluestones — smaller stones, most now missing or uprooted, which formed the site’s original structure.
The researchers believe that the bluestones could reveal that Stonehenge was once a place of healing.
The dig is the first to take place at Stonehenge for more than 40 years. […]
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